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Overview

Zhiwei Hu is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Germany. Their work predominantly spans the areas of engineering, materials science, and energy, with a significant focus on both fundamental and applied research in these fields.

Their research contributions cover subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and condensed matter physics.

Key topics that characterize Zhiwei Hu's scientific output include:

  • Electrocatalysts for energy conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Catalytic processes in materials science
  • Advancements in battery materials
  • Fuel cells and related materials
  • Advanced condensed matter physics
  • Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials

They have frequently published in venues such as Nature Communications, arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Materials, Small, and Advanced Functional Materials.

Zhiwei Hu has collaborated extensively, with frequent co-authors including Chien-Te Chen, Chih-Wen Pao, Xiaoqing Huang, Hong-Ji Lin, and Youwen Long.

The scientist's recent publications reflect a focus on electrocatalysis and energy-related materials, featuring papers such as:

  • "Hydrogen spillover in complex oxide multifunctional sites improves acidic hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "Iridium single atoms incorporated in Co3O4 efficiently catalyze the oxygen evolution in acidic conditions" (2022, Nature Communications)
  • "In-situ visualization of the space-charge-layer effect on interfacial lithium-ion transport in all-solid-state batteries" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Facilitating alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction on the hetero-interfaced Ru/RuO2 through Pt single atoms doping" (2024, Nature Communications)
  • "Single-phase perovskite oxide with super-exchange induced atomic-scale synergistic active centers enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution" (2020, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Spin State Transition in LaCoO3 Studied Using Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Magnetic Circular Dichroism

    M. W. Haverkort;Z. Hu;J. C. Cezar;T. Burnus

  • Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO3

    J. X. Zhang;Q. He;Q. He;M. Trassin;W. Luo;W. Luo

  • Large dielectric constant and high thermal conductivity in poly(vinylidene fluoride)/barium titanate/silicon carbide three-phase nanocomposites.

    Yong Li;Xingyi Huang;Xingyi Huang;Zhiwei Hu;Pingkai Jiang

  • Iridium single atoms incorporated in Co3O4 efficiently catalyze the oxygen evolution in acidic conditions

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  • Orbital-Assisted Metal-Insulator Transition in VO2

    M. W. Haverkort;Z. Hu;A. Tanaka;W. Reichelt

  • Transfer of spectral weight and symmetry across the metal-insulator transition in VO2

    T. C. Koethe;Z. Hu;M. W. Haverkort;C. Schüßler-Langeheine

  • An Amorphous Nickel–Iron-Based Electrocatalyst with Unusual Local Structures for Ultrafast Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Gao Chen;Yanping Zhu;Hao Ming Chen;Zhiwei Hu

  • Boosting Oxygen Evolution Reaction by Creating Both Metal Ion and Lattice-Oxygen Active Sites in a Complex Oxide.

    Yinlong Zhu;Hassan A. Tahini;Zhiwei Hu;Zhi-Gang Chen

  • In-situ visualization of the space-charge-layer effect on interfacial lithium-ion transport in all-solid-state batteries.

    Longlong Wang;Ruicong Xie;Bingbing Chen;Xinrun Yu

  • Unusual synergistic effect in layered Ruddlesden−Popper oxide enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution

    Yinlong Zhu;Hassan A. Tahini;Zhiwei Hu;Jie Dai

  • Single-phase perovskite oxide with super-exchange induced atomic-scale synergistic active centers enables ultrafast hydrogen evolution.

    Jie Dai;Yinlong Zhu;Hassan A. Tahini;Qian Lin

  • Mg-pillared LiCoO2: Towards Stable Cycling at 4.6 V.

    Yangyang Huang;Yongcheng Zhu;Haoyu Fu;Mingyang Ou

  • Local electronic structure and magnetic properties of LaMn0.5Co0.5O3 studied by x-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy dichroism spectroscopy

    T. Burnus;Z. Hu;H. H. Hsieh;V. L. J. Joly

  • Direct observation of electron doping in La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 using x-ray absorption spectroscopy

    C. Mitra;Z. Hu;P. Raychaudhuri;S. Wirth

  • New Undisputed Evidence and Strategy for Enhanced Lattice‐Oxygen Participation of Perovskite Electrocatalyst through Cation Deficiency Manipulation

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  • Electrocatalyst with Dynamic Formation of the Dual-Active Site from the Dual Pathway Observed by In Situ Raman Spectroscopy

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  • Controlling orbital moment and spin orientation in CoO layers by strain.

    S.I. Csiszar;M.W. Haverkort;Z. Hu;Arata Tanaka

  • High-Performance Perovskite Composite Electrocatalysts Enabled by Controllable Interface Engineering

    Xiaomin Xu;Yangli Pan;Lei Ge;Yubo Chen

  • Orbital character of states at the Fermi level in La 2 − x Sr x CuO 4 and R 2 − x Ce x CuO 4 ( R =Nd,Sm)

    E. Pellegrin;N. Nücker;J. Fink;S. L. Molodtsov

  • Magnetizing oxides by substituting nitrogen for oxygen.

    I. S. Elfimov;A. Rusydi;S. I. Csiszar;Z. Hu

  • Voltage- and time-dependent valence state transition in cobalt oxide catalysts during the oxygen evolution reaction

    Jing Zhou;Linjuan Zhang;Yu-Cheng Huang;Chung-Li Dong

  • Spin blockade, orbital occupation, and charge ordering in La1.5Sr0.5CoO4.

    C. F. Chang;Z. Hu;Hua Wu;T. Burnus

  • Nature of magnetism in Ca3Co2O6.

    Hua Wu;M. W. Haverkort;Z. Hu;D. I. Khomskii

Frequent Co-Authors

Liu Hao Tjeng
Liu Hao Tjeng Max Planck Society
Hong-Ji Lin
Hong-Ji Lin National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University
J. Fink
J. Fink Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden
C. T. Chen
C. T. Chen National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Kazunari Yamaura
Kazunari Yamaura National Institute for Materials Science
Changqing Jin
Changqing Jin Chinese Academy of Sciences
D. I. Khomskii
D. I. Khomskii University of Cologne
Martin Knupfer
Martin Knupfer Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research
Yinlong Zhu
Yinlong Zhu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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